Predictive analytics for capital expenditures in the first half of the year confirm an ongoing renaissance of investment that begun two years ago with structural changes in the political climate favoring more entrepreneurship and less regulation. Recently published evidence from a 120-country survey of business executives show that in the second quarter of 2018, the investment boom continued to accelerate around the globe. e-forecasting.com’s forward-looking CAPEX predictive analytics provide solid evidence that the global economy will stay on its growth phase of the business cycle over the next two years.